When GOD Leads You Through the Wilderness | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

0:01 Speaker 1: Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world

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0:08 Speaker 1: crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break.

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0:41 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta.

0:46 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for

0:48 Speaker 2: the Soldier John Gifta podcast where I want to talk

0:50 Speaker 2: to you about something very very important. If you had

0:54 Speaker 2: listened to my previous segment, I shared from Tutonomy chapter eight,

0:58 Speaker 2: and I reminded you of an aspect that if you

1:01 Speaker 2: are praying and you are actually walking in your God

1:05 Speaker 2: given promised land over your life, and you're in that

1:08 Speaker 2: place where you're like, you know what, Wow, everything is

1:10 Speaker 2: hittled and everything is great, I reminded you of this

1:13 Speaker 2: important verse that the Lord was breaking in my heart

1:16 Speaker 2: that you know, when you have tasted the fruit of

1:18 Speaker 2: the promised land, do not forget the Lord your God.

1:22 Speaker 2: But today I want to also remind you of something

1:24 Speaker 2: from the same passage Teutonomy, chapter eight, because I believe

1:27 Speaker 2: this is so important for such a time as this.

1:31 Speaker 2: But the Lord is speaking to them. These are verses

1:34 Speaker 2: which I already covered yesterday, but I want to just

1:36 Speaker 2: focus on something very very important here. This is from

1:39 Speaker 2: verse two, right. God is saying, remember how the Lord

1:43 Speaker 2: your God led you all the way in the wilderness

1:47 Speaker 2: these forty years to humble and to test, in order

1:50 Speaker 2: to see what was in your heart whether you would

1:53 Speaker 2: or not keep his commandments. All right, he humbled you,

1:58 Speaker 2: causing you to hunger, and then feeding you with manna,

2:01 Speaker 2: which neither you or your ancestor had known about, to

2:04 Speaker 2: teach you that man does not live by bread alone,

2:07 Speaker 2: but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

2:10 Speaker 2: And your clothes did not wear out and your feet

2:13 Speaker 2: did not swell during these forty years you're sitting. I

2:17 Speaker 2: want to remind you, guys, Okay, if you feel following

2:19 Speaker 2: my content on a regular basis, especially on the podcast,

2:22 Speaker 2: I have mentioned to you that last year was one

2:25 Speaker 2: of the hardest years for me. There were so many

2:28 Speaker 2: attacks after attacks over my life, and there was an

2:31 Speaker 2: attack financially where I lost a huge I had a

2:36 Speaker 2: huge financial loss, and in the time I was trying

2:39 Speaker 2: to recover, I lost my job in a mass layoff.

2:43 Speaker 3: And then I was.

2:44 Speaker 2: Just trying to, you know, come come to terms with

2:47 Speaker 2: what was happening in my life. And then my health

2:50 Speaker 2: took her it and very soon, you know, there was

2:53 Speaker 2: some family members who were unwell, and you know, like

2:56 Speaker 2: there was some emergencies and surgery and things like that. That

3:01 Speaker 2: was like one after that, one after another, attack after

3:04 Speaker 2: that attack, plus the pressure from folks, you know, like

3:08 Speaker 2: get some job, even if it means that, you know,

3:11 Speaker 2: like if it compromises on your ministry time, even if

3:14 Speaker 2: it means you can't do ministry, get some jobs. That

3:16 Speaker 2: that kind of a pressure. And even in the ministry

3:20 Speaker 2: for that matter. You know, there were so many attacks

3:22 Speaker 2: after our attacks, closed doors, rejections, people being you know,

3:27 Speaker 2: like writing me off and doing stuff. And it was

3:31 Speaker 2: it was nothing but how the children of his were

3:35 Speaker 2: moving in a season of wilderness. I can tell you

3:37 Speaker 2: it was an actual wilderness for me, right, It was

3:40 Speaker 2: an actual wilderness for me because everything was dry, closed

3:44 Speaker 2: doors after close those prayers were not getting answered, nothing

3:48 Speaker 2: was working out, and it was like a moment where

3:51 Speaker 2: everything was like, oh my gosh, you know what I'm

3:54 Speaker 2: praying and there's no change, and everybody's like, maybe you're

3:57 Speaker 2: making a mistake, maybe you're not trusting out, or maybe

3:59 Speaker 2: you're not in the Lord. Maybe you do you committed something,

4:02 Speaker 2: that's why God is finishing you.

4:03 Speaker 3: You know, all these kind of voices speaking into my life.

4:06 Speaker 2: And there were so many pressure, so much pressure, like

4:10 Speaker 2: you know, forget the ministry.

4:11 Speaker 3: You know, like you're being like a hypocrite.

4:13 Speaker 2: You're encouraging people and you know, preaching God's word, but

4:16 Speaker 2: look at your life. It's such a mess. You know,

4:18 Speaker 2: everything was coming against me. And I'm telling you this

4:22 Speaker 2: passage is exact to my situation. And I believe that

4:26 Speaker 2: you'll be in a place if you're saying, like you know,

4:28 Speaker 2: I'm in a wilderness or maybe in some season you're

4:31 Speaker 2: going through a wilderness season, you will understand something I

4:34 Speaker 2: want to tell you. You know, it says you remember

4:36 Speaker 2: how the Lord, your God led you all the way

4:38 Speaker 2: in the wilderness. I want you to understand even though

4:41 Speaker 2: it did not make sense. God was constantly leading me.

4:44 Speaker 2: I'm telling you. In the midst of everything, when I

4:46 Speaker 2: had all the reason to throw in the towel, to

4:49 Speaker 2: give up on the ministry, to just you know, forget God,

4:53 Speaker 2: I'm telling you honestly, there was so much happening emotionally, mentally,

4:57 Speaker 2: suicidal depression at acting me on one side, like it

5:01 Speaker 2: was so strong, like mentally, physically, emotionally, financially, career wise,

5:06 Speaker 2: ministry wise, everything was.

5:08 Speaker 3: Out of control, you know.

5:09 Speaker 2: And of course I'm a Christian single, so the pressure

5:11 Speaker 2: to like, you know, meet the right person and get married.

5:13 Speaker 2: That that's another side from especially if you're from India,

5:16 Speaker 2: you'll understand the context that I'm trying to talking about.

5:19 Speaker 3: You know, all of these things.

5:21 Speaker 2: And here's the thing i want to tell you, right,

5:24 Speaker 2: even in the midst of all of that, when I

5:26 Speaker 2: kept depending on God, when I kept you know, making

5:30 Speaker 2: sure that I was growing in the Lord, I'm telling

5:32 Speaker 2: you honestly, the Lord was leading me even when I

5:36 Speaker 2: couldn't see it. But even when I didn't feel like it,

5:39 Speaker 2: nobody else could understand. When I would tell people that,

5:42 Speaker 2: you know, know, the Lord was showing me this fission.

5:44 Speaker 2: The Lord was telling me, this is what I got

5:46 Speaker 2: to do. But you know what, it didn't make sense

5:49 Speaker 2: for people because they were like, you're saying, God is

5:51 Speaker 2: speaking to you, but look at your life.

5:52 Speaker 3: It's such a mess. You may feel like that.

5:55 Speaker 2: Sometimes the Bible goes on to say He humbled you,

5:59 Speaker 2: causing you to hunger and to feed you with manna,

6:02 Speaker 2: you know, to teach you that man does not live

6:04 Speaker 2: by bread alone, but on every word it comes from

6:07 Speaker 2: the mouth of God. I'm telling you, in this entire season,

6:10 Speaker 2: I made sure that I grew in my intimacy with

6:14 Speaker 2: the Lord to hear his voice, and I took steps

6:16 Speaker 2: as God led me, you know, based on the encounters,

6:19 Speaker 2: the visions, and the words that He was speaking over

6:22 Speaker 2: my life. I'm telling you honestly, it was not easy

6:25 Speaker 2: where everybody is against you or everything is against you,

6:28 Speaker 2: but you are saying, no, this is the conviction from

6:30 Speaker 2: the Lord, and I'm going to stand firm even with

6:33 Speaker 2: regard to choosing a good job. But the grace of God.

6:36 Speaker 2: After over seven months, I was able to land one.

6:39 Speaker 2: Here's the thing. I'm going to tell you something. Right

6:41 Speaker 2: the Lord opened the right door at the right time.

6:44 Speaker 2: But the last seven I mean the last one year

6:46 Speaker 2: ever since everything took off right, Everything was like one

6:49 Speaker 2: after another after another, attack after attack. And here's the

6:53 Speaker 2: thing I want you to understand. In the midst of everything,

6:56 Speaker 2: I was, you know, like being led by God. I

6:59 Speaker 2: went by, you know. I took the steps based on

7:02 Speaker 2: how the word of the Lord was leading me, how

7:05 Speaker 2: God was speaking to me. This is why I keep

7:07 Speaker 2: telling you you need to hear God's voice. The Lord

7:09 Speaker 2: was showing me through visions, dreams. I stoodn't my ground

7:12 Speaker 2: on convictions, and I'm telling you he met my needs.

7:17 Speaker 2: He took care in the last I mean, made sure

7:20 Speaker 2: that the Ministry did not get hit. In fact, WI

7:24 Speaker 2: also says your clothes did not wear out or your

7:26 Speaker 2: feet did not swell these forty years. And I was reminded,

7:28 Speaker 2: like you know, even in the midst of this, the

7:32 Speaker 2: knees that were there, the Lord met, you know, the

7:35 Speaker 2: Lord showed up, you know, like even the Ministry I

7:39 Speaker 2: had did so many collaborations. I did so many video

7:43 Speaker 2: ships and photoshoots, high quality content, you know, like on YouTube.

7:47 Speaker 2: The TV program did not stop. Everything went as planned,

7:53 Speaker 2: you know, like I'm telling you today that you can

7:57 Speaker 2: trust God even in your wilderness, because when God has

8:01 Speaker 2: called you, he knows how to make a way for you.

8:04 Speaker 2: When God has chosen you, nothing can stop you. So

8:08 Speaker 2: my challenge to each one of you hundred is sort

8:10 Speaker 2: of my voice, is get to that place where you

8:13 Speaker 2: trust God and move by what He is saying, Be

8:16 Speaker 2: moved by His leading over your life. And I'm telling you, guys,

8:21 Speaker 2: it's just simply awesome. God is an awesome God. And

8:26 Speaker 2: after all of this, when Lord lives you and takes

8:29 Speaker 2: you to your promised land, do not forget the Lord,

8:32 Speaker 2: your God. Do not forget the way he led you,

8:34 Speaker 2: the way he took care of you, the way he

8:36 Speaker 2: met you, the way he made sure that you would

8:39 Speaker 2: be fine in the midst of turmoil. Right, Share this

8:43 Speaker 2: with someone whom you know is going through a wilderness season.

8:46 Speaker 2: I believe this word will encourage him that if God

8:50 Speaker 2: helped John, God will help them.

8:52 Speaker 3: God will help you. If He helped me, he will

8:55 Speaker 3: help you. Guys. All right, God bless.

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